The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-08-19


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Mis- = Ezes.e h ul1ne1s 60 wisesns'n
L1eoEaa1y scershang - DeooA-vsgeessiss
peeereyea - Ana~ns Aa'e ss~s'.'.s
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Cn1cAoos August e-1nsre % ~ 49, -
perneps SA0v square miles ~ ~ No.,n'
vest where the dust l'ee heavily upon ne
earth The oiser1cs . bounded py Aeu'-
son on tho north, Bloomington on me
SOUTH Lake Michigan on sne eess anu sne
Mississippi river on inc west' um Within
the limits OF these boundaries that vcseta'
zion has lost 10 normal color ana the eeF.n
- moisture. Day After DAY me sun SENDS
- burning rays upon shc parcned farms
and nclds. Leaves are falling rom the
rees, the grass II the meadows nas grown
yellow and vhite,and the streams IN wnicn
the cattle used 20 Stake their thirst Are -
dry - powder horns. ~ has been nearly
ten weeks since . soaking rain Tell N
this dissr1ce The big pull shsstie-tne Pess
Of nearly every farm-has - last sue
cumbed 70 the fate Of al other vegetation.
The big weed nrss wilted, then turned
black, and nnally fell upon me earth:
With not enough moisture In the GROUND
20 feed thistle the condition 81 corn ANA
the tender grass In the meadow may %
imagined. In southern Wisconsin there
are thousands Of acres where corn VIII NOV
yield peck 70 the acre. Inc crop nsS
been scorched and almost totally
destroyed. The leaves Of the cereal ars
yellow and brittle and droop almost 20 tne
ground.
The loss Of the corn crop, serious - = ~
will not mpcverish the farmers. Iney
have lived in the country since the iand
was frat titled, and have, for the most
part, laid by enough money TO carry them
through winter. But there are otnez
dangers 70 be confronted Wells have run
dry. and In some towns water famines sis
imminent The drinking water % nsnu y
often polluted and niied WIN poisonous
germs Typhoid fever is becoming nors
prevalent, and dysentery ana otner ssom
ach troubles are 20 common ~ r-sny
places - TO be almost epidemic .nies'
rain falls before many Gays tns run e ~
viii be greatly augmented. INC insense
heat has been : serrimc stra'n up1n
man, nut 10 eneo upon sssu.
has been simply appahine. "nnoa'
pasturage 20 browse upon q Poo.s =
whicn 20 stano during sne nos nous y. NJ
DAY, the poor oeesss nave oecoms 20 e M |,
ciated - 20 % Wholly unmarketao'e. ~
farmers IN the dairy oistr'ces nave IN som,
instances. oeen competed 70 ~. IL
water their COWS from tneir own !.
In other places, forest uees nave zen lsll
"a ana dragged 20 the pastures sno ~
cattle surned loose 20 browse upon 80,
leaves HUNDREDS Of cows sre oe'ns me
ana shipped % market TOT mere p'.s.n y.
A. wmdsiow' ih.' one farmer Oousns ~
head OF cattle last January q thirty ao'
lars per mead Wnen ne oueEeo 70 go ~
entire herd last week Tor Siov ne couia mo-
nnd purchaser. Farmers ~ tnis ais1r'e'
have already turned tnef cat''e loose :
iced upon tne crops.
\ IN some places fences nave been rur
4 through cornfields and the starving cattle
permitted TO feed upon the leaves AND
stalks. When these have been eaten tn
fences are extended until the entire nelu'
have been eaten clean Added 20 All IN
miseries attending the great arougn' = 'n'
constant fear OF nres- Inc tah grass Q
the praries Is dead, the neids are ready q
burst into name ana leaves he n neaps u
the forests spark starts nre ana IN
blistering. sahara-like WIND rams the nam
into . confagrafion. Already the iand en-